ARTICLE · 10 OCTOBER 2022

Courts Of Judicature (Amendment) Act 2022

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Act A1661: Courts of Judicature (Amendment) Act 2022 which comes into operation on 1 October 2022. This is an Act to amend the Courts of Judicature Act 1964.

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Act A1661: Courts of Judicature (Amendment) Act 2022 which comes into operation on 1 October 2022. This is an Act to amend the Courts of Judicature Act 1964.

The salient amendments are - that there will be:

(a) no appeals to High Court where Subordinate Court dismissed any application for summary judgment;
(b) no appeals to High Court where Subordinate Court dismissed any application to strike out any writ or pleading;
(c) no appeals to High Court where Subordinate Court allowed any application to set aside a judgment in default;
(d) no appeals to Court of Appeal where a High Court dismissed any application for summary judgment;
(e) no appeals to Court of Appeal where a High Court dismissed any application to strike out any writ or pleading; and

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